Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s meeting with Nepali Congress President leader Sher Bahadur Deuba yesterday has been interpreted by media outlets as the PM’s attempt to seek the main opposition party’s support to run a coalition government if the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) splits.

A war of words has escalated between the ruling party’s rival factions after NCP Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal presented a 19-page proposal in the party Secretariat meeting last week accusing the PM of failing to run the government and the party. The Oli faction has dismissed Dahal’s proposal as a document of baseless allegations.

Chief Secretary of NC Secretariat Krishna Prasad Paudel told THT that the PM met Deuba yesterday to discuss appointments in almost a dozen universities. Deuba is an office bearer in the Constitutional Council chaired by the prime minister.

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/prime-minister-anticipating-split-in-ncp/